r/hackernews is a subreddit with 102k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and ideas, and the community frequently discusses ask hn, new, job, software, and looking for a co founder.
A mirror of the front page of Hacker News.
Popular Themes in r/hackernews
#1
Solution Requests
: "Show HN: Sygal – Convert PDFs, scans and web pages to Markdown, locally"
10 posts
#2
Ideas
: "Catch a Bird – I made it for my own sanity"
5 posts
#3
News
: "Libreboot 26.10 "Ominous Olive" released with UEFI, Chromebook support"
5 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "It took me nine years to hack my Xbox 360"
3 posts
#5
Advice Requests
: "JPEG XL vs. AVIF for web use-cases"
1 post
#6
Money Talk
: "New Withings Users Must Pay $99/Year for Apple Health Syncing"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/hackernews
#1
Ask Hn
10 posts
#2
New
6 posts
#3
Job
4 posts
#4
Software
4 posts
#5
Looking For A Co Founder
4 posts
#6
Cofounder
4 posts
#7
Book
3 posts
#8
Algorithms
2 posts
#9
Tools
2 posts
#10
America
: "Americans' social activity has steeply declined in the past 30 years"
2 posts
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Yearly
+9k members(9.8%)
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Last updated: October 16, 2026